Joseph Monaco of the Sayreville police department filed a lawsuit against the borough and a supervisor claiming he's being harassed with anti-gay slurs.NJ.com file photo

SAYREVILLE — Police officer Joseph Monaco has filed a lawsuit against the borough claiming he was a harassed by a male supervisor who thinks he’s gay and retaliated against when he accused a sergeant of falsifying records, according to the Home News Tribune.

Monaco, a 16-year veteran of the force, is seeking unspecified damages under the state’s Law Against Discrimination and the whistleblower act, as well as for defamation in the suit filed in state Superior Court in New Brunswick, the report states.

According to the report, the supervisor – who is also named in the suit – encouraged officers from Sayreville and surrounding police departments to use anti-gay slurs when referring to Monaco. The suit also states Monaco faced retaliation when he blew the whistle on a sergeant he caught falsifying a payroll record and that he was ostracized by other officers and forced into a hostile work environment.